Zinke Memo: Interior Will Defer To States For Wildlife Management
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Susan Sargent | September 13, 2018
From: Wyoming Public Media “In the memo Zinke asked Interior bureaus to examine and contrast state versus federal policies over the next month and a half, and then provide recommendations for policy changes that defer to states within 90 days. Zinke’s office did not return a request ...
Hurricanes Create Polluters Holidays in Florida
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Susan Sargent | September 12, 2018
Hurricane Irma Led to Massive Animal Waste Discharges with No Monitoring ...
Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean-Water Protections
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Susan Sargent |
From: Truth Out “Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a relentless attack on the nation’s waterways, but his efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance. One of Trump’s first environmental policy directives was to choke ...
Grand Teton Supe Tapped by Trump to Lead NPS
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Susan Sargent |
From: Grand Canyon Guide “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the organization has some concerns about Vela’s lack of transparency in park operations, among other things. In a news release issued Sept. 4, PEER listed a few of the ...
Overnight Energy: EPA Moves to Roll Back Methane Rule | FEMA Preps for ‘Dangerous’ Hurricane Florence | Trump Calls Puerto Rico Hurricane Response a ‘Success’ | Zinke Wants to Defer to States on Wildlife Rules
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Susan Sargent |
From: The Hill “In a memo Monday to officials in the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and other agencies involved in wildlife management, Zinke asked staff to find instances where policies for wildlife on federal land are more restrictive than rules for the states they’re in, and to ...